| inbluevt | Date: Monday, 2013/10/14, 6:18 PM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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China has pledged to stop operations of at least 2,000 coal mines by 2015 in its bid to
regulate production of the raw commodity and clean up the air.
Mines due for closure are those which only produce 90,000 tons of coal annually. This was according to China's cabinet in a statement made Saturday, adding other mines that consistently fail to comply to safety rules will also be closed.
The State Council, China's cabinet, said it will no longer be approving new construction of coal mine projects, which only has an annual production capacity of less than 300,000 tons.
Construction of 900,000-ton per year capacity projects will likewise be disapproved if
they will only low quality coal.
China currently has over 12,000 operating coal mines.
In 2012, at least 1,384 people have died in various coal mine accidents in China, which are the deadliest in the world, as reported by the official Xinhua News Agency.
In the same year, China canceled the operations of 628 smaller coal mines, improved the technological capacities of 622 mines and merged 388
mines.
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